What this guide is (and is not)
Device Manager → Ethernet → Power Management → “Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power” belongs in earnapp-windows-nic-power-saving-europe-2026. That page is the PCI checkbox. This page is the Wi‑Fi adapter Advanced tab: Power Saving Mode / 802.11 Power Save / U-APSD — Maximum Power Saving versus Maximum Performance. USB dongles that vanish via selective suspend belong in earnapp-windows-usb-selective-suspend-europe-2026. Random hardware addresses belong in earnapp-windows-wifi-random-mac-europe-2026. Metered / Data saver belongs in earnapp-windows-metered-connection-europe-2026. PC sleep and lid-close belong in always-on-pc-earnapp-setup-europe-2026. Energy Saver, Efficiency mode, Fast startup, reboot autostart, SmartScreen, new-PC, offline/$0 and first PayPal have their own pages. Here the radio itself was throttling while the rest of the box stayed on.
RefDeal will not invent a “Wi‑Fi performance promo,” an Intel driver coupon, or an EU payout minimum copied from a 2023 screenshot. Power Saving Mode is an OEM Wi‑Fi property. EarnApp is a Bright Data client that needs a live, recognisably residential session. Install from the tracked invite, then pin Maximum Performance on the one spare always-on PC — or move that box to Ethernet.
Confirm it is the Wi‑Fi radio, not the Ethernet checkbox or a random MAC
A sleepy Wi‑Fi radio is not a missing EarnApp promo code.
- If the adapter is USB and disappears from Device Manager overnight, use the USB selective-suspend guide first. This page assumes the Wi‑Fi NIC stays enumerated
- If Physical address (MAC) changes after disable/re-enable Wi‑Fi, use the random-MAC guide. Power Saving Mode does not rotate identity — it parks the radio
- Device Manager → Network adapters → Wi‑Fi (Intel / Realtek / MediaTek / Killer) → Properties → Advanced. Look for Power Saving Mode, 802.11 Power Save, Ultra Power Saving, or U-APSD. Maximum Power Saving / Enabled means you belong here
- A useful test: leave the lid open on AC, note the tray, wait through a quiet night, then check Event Viewer Wireless-AutoConfig for disconnects while you slept. Ping from a phone can still reply after the radio wakes. That is not EarnApp “needing a promo”
Set Wi‑Fi Power Saving Mode to Maximum Performance on the EarnApp box
Do this on the machine that actually runs EarnApp, on the home SSID you intend to keep. Do not fight a work laptop whose MDM forces radio power save, and do not farm a phone hotspot.
- Open /earnapp/ and use the RefDeal tracked invite if the client is not installed yet. The invite attributes a first signup. It does not change Intel or Realtek power-save defaults
- Device Manager → your Wi‑Fi adapter → Properties → Advanced → Power Saving Mode / 802.11 Power Save → Maximum Performance (or Disabled for U-APSD). Power Management tab → uncheck “Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power” for that radio too — that checkbox is the NIC guide; both can be wrong at once
- Best EU path: a spare mini-PC on Ethernet. Wired adapters do not use 802.11 power save. If you must stay on Wi‑Fi, pin Maximum Performance, leave the box on AC, and skip mesh “client sleep / green Wi‑Fi” in the ISP app if it exists. Hotel portals and café SSIDs are a poor EarnApp path — not a coupon hunt
- Confirm the official tray stays Online through a quiet night. Do not buy a “Wi‑Fi unlock ZIP” or a fake Bright Data driver pack.
After the radio stays awake
Sign in with the same account you intend to keep. Leave the box on AC. Confirm the official tray. Use /earnapp/ if you never started from our tracked invite.
- Tray Online through a quiet week with Maximum Performance: leave it. We will not quote a fake first-day amount. Screenshot your own dashboard if you need a record
- Radio stays up but the tray vanished after Restart: switch to the autostart/reboot guide. The radio is done
- Radio stays up, tray Online, still $0 after a quiet week with Power Saving Mode = Maximum Performance, random MAC Off, USB suspend Off, Ethernet NIC checkbox Off, Energy Saver Off, Efficiency leaf Off, Fast startup Off, and an unmetered home fibre line: switch to the offline/$0 guide (firewall, official binary, Limited)
- Laptops you carry: keep Wi‑Fi power save on battery. EarnApp on a commute SSID that parks in a café is a poor EU path — plug a spare always-on mini-PC via the tracked invite
What we will not claim
There is no RefDeal EarnApp promo code, no published “Maximum Performance bonus,” and no honest EU minimum we can paste from a 2023 screenshot. Primary CTA stays the EarnApp offer with our tracked invite. Hub: /guides/bandwidth-safety/. Starter: /en/start/bandwidth/.